Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night. Tonight there will be no morning star.
Stephen SondheimRead
Sometimes people leave you halfway through the wood. Others may decieve you - you decide what's good. You decide alone, but no one is alone. People make mistakes. Fathers, mothers, people make mistakes, holding to their own, thinking they're alone. Honor their mistakes. Fight for their mistakes. Witches can be right. Giants can be good. You decide what's right. You decide what's good.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes personal decision-making and understanding human imperfections.
Stephen Sondheim's quote reflects on the complexities of human relationships and the importance of making individual choices. It highlights that while people may deceive us or leave us feeling abandoned, we must take responsibility for our own decisions about what is right and good. It acknowledges the flaws in everyone, suggesting compassion and honor for others' mistakes while also recognizing our own agency in navigating these relationships. Ultimately, it encourages understanding that no one is truly alone, even in moments of solitude.
Themes
DecisionsMistakesRelationshipsIndividualityCompassion
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech about resilience and decision-making.
More from Stephen Sondheim
All quotes →After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.
Stephen SondheimRead
Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.
Stephen SondheimRead
Let Pirelli's / Miracle Elixir / Activate your roots, sir... Keep it off your boots, sir- / Eats right through. Yes, get Pirelli's! / Use a bottle of it! / Ladies seem to love it... Flies do, too!
Stephen SondheimRead
Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.
Stephen SondheimRead
Careful the spell you cast, not just on children. Sometimes the spell may last Past what you can see And turn against you... Careful the tale you tell. That is the spell.
Stephen SondheimRead
Similar quotes
I think the O.J. Simpson trial was a revelation about the ongoing patterns of racial difference in American society.
Kimberle Williams CrenshawRead
Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible companions.
Robert FulghumRead
When I look back on what I did for the Left, I'm in a small way quite proud of some of it - I only wish I'd done more.
Christopher HitchensRead
Like and equal are not the same thing at all. -- Meg Murray
Madeleine L'EngleRead
It is through exchange that difference becomes a blessing, not a curse.
Jonathan SacksRead
Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it proceeds from and what is placed under the sign of the Cross and death.
Paul RicoeurRead